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Pixound provides a deep musical experience that lets you instantly create music using any picture.

New version 5.1.3
Old version 5.1.2
Release Notes Ability to control Autoplay and Finger volumes separately Universal coordinates for performance recording to transfer to all devices and handle rotation Various bug fixes
Author Techné Media
Type Instrument
Instrument type Synth
Instrument sounds Other
Supports Inter-App Audio (IAA), Audiobus

Wotja X is a new cross-platform interface for the 'Wotja Generative Music System'.

New version 19.3.1
Old version 19.3.0
Release Notes • Fixed: Occasional crash when in Flow or Album player and changing track (sorry!) • Other: Fixed a couple of other potential rare crashers Enjoying Wotja? Please help by updating your rating and review. It really helps!
Author Intermorphic Limited
Type Host, Instrument
Instrument type Sampler, Synth
Instrument sounds Keyboards
Effect type All-in-one
Supports Inter-App Audio (IAA), Audiobus, Audio Unit (AU)

Elastic Drums is a music app showcasing an interactive drum kit, that enables to create a huge range of rhythmic grids, ranging from classical analog drumkits up to experimental soundscapes.

New version 2.2.3
Old version 2.2.2
Release Notes - Bugfix: Midi Sync in is working again - Bugfix: Crashed when moving an empty pattern to an empty pattern
Author Oliver Greschke (DE)
Type Instrument
Instrument type Sampler
Instrument sounds Drums, Percussion
Supports Inter-App Audio (IAA), Audiobus, Ableton Link

The world's first multi-playhead music sequencer.

New version 1.5.2
Old version 1.5.1
Release Notes Fugue Machine 1.5 — iPhone support, AUv3 support, more scales, piano roll gesture improvements, and more! See below for more info... // ======================== // - for 1.5.x changes, see below. // ======================== // NEW FEATURES Fugue Machine is now Universal, making it compatible with iPhone! (This is a free update). Fugue Machine now includes an AUv3 MIDI App Extension! Open your favorite AUv3 MIDI Host and run as many Fugue Machines as you'd like! The Scale parameter now includes Wholetone, Whole Half, Major Blues, Minor Blues, Major Pentatonic, Minor Pentatonic, and Chromatic. Fugue Machine now properly adapts to the size of the view it's in, with pixel-perfect detail for all devices. // ======================== // USABILITY IMPROVEMENTS •The Piano Roll now responds significantly better to gestures. Most noticeably with one-finger note-panning, one-finger note-length changes, and one-finger pan-right note creation. You can now copy/paste Fugue Machine patterns. This works within the standalone app, between the standalone app and AUv3 instances, between AUv3 instances, and between devices. To copy/paste in the standalone app, go to More Menu > Patterns, and swipe-right on any pattern. To copy/paste in an AUv3, go to the More Menu, scroll to the bottom, and use the copy/paste buttons. When moving notes in the Piano Roll, the Keyboard View and Overview View now show the same notes moving in real time. This is useful while moving notes beyond the visible boundary of the Piano Roll. The View Braces (located in Keyboard View and Overview View) can now have each side moved independently, making it much easier to navigate/zoom the Piano Roll. Until now, when you'd perform a gesture on the Piano Roll and move beyond its boundary, the Piano Roll would automatically scroll in the direction of your fingers. No more! Much more usable now I think. However, if you enjoyed this feature, you can reenable it in Settings. // ======================== // ABOUT THIS UPDATE To be honest, most of this update was unexpected! About a month ago, I decided to venture out on a small FM update to take a break from my main project (a new app I've been working on for over 2.5 years!). My only intention was to update the UI to accommodate the new iPads — more specifically, to handle the Home Indicator and the new aspect-ratio of the 11" iPad. Regarding the new aspect-ratio, I realized that the best way to handle it was to completely refactor the UI to handle any aspect-ratio. This was tedious, but eventually led to the idea of supporting iPhone and AUv3, which, after the UI refactor, was surprisingly trivial! The refactor also led to allowing scales of various sizes (making chromatic possible, finally!). Lastly, supporting iPhone meant supporting smaller screens, which inspired most of the usability improvements. Regarding the Home Indicator, the best way I found to handle that was to just make it go away completely! And the only way to do that is with Guided Access. Not only does Guided Access remove the Home Indicator, but as you may know (I had no idea!), it also disables all other OS edge gestures, essentially isolating your app from the OS. So no more accidentally swiping the control center or notifications! For me, for the way I use iOS to make music (one app per iPad), this is the absolute ideal configuration. Anyway, I hope you enjoy the update, it was a blast to work on :] All the best, Alexander / I'm hoping to post some mini tutorial videos on my new Fugue Machine accounts. If interested... @fugue_machine on Instagram @FugueMachine on Twitter // ======================== // 1.5.1 CHANGES - fixed issue where AU wouldn't run on any OS below iOS 12.1. Fixed now at iOS 11.0 and later. // 1.5.2 CHANGES - in 1.5.0 and 1.5.1, copy/paste in the standalone app was achieved by long-pressing on a pattern in the Pattern Menu. Instead, now you swipe-right. Much better.
Author Alexandernaut
Type Host
Supports Inter-App Audio (IAA), Audiobus, Ableton Link

Medly takes a new approach to the way music is made, letting both seasoned and new musicians make epic music. Just pick your instruments, draw notes, record & sing, and drag & drop one of over 700 loops or samples.

New version 5.2.3
Old version 5.2.2
Release Notes Hip Hop Pack: - Hip Hop has finally come to Medly in March's new pack! - Includes 18 instruments and 117 new loops and samples - Exclusive to Medly Member General improvements and style changes
Author Medly Labs Inc.
Type Instrument
Instrument type Sampler
Instrument sounds Other
Supports Inter-App Audio (IAA), Audiobus, Ableton Link

Brought to you in partnership with Streetly Electronics, the inventors of the mellotron, Streetlytron includes a massive collection of 90 tapes, with 65 drawn from Streetly's Production Masters - exactly the same tapes that ship with their $8,000 M4000 unit. Completing the sample sets are our own very popular 'Caitlin Downie Soprano' and 'Clare Lindley Violin' collection, to offer a huge, rich selection of choral and string textures for your mixes.

New price $14.99
Old price $24.99
Author Phil Atkin
Type Instrument
Instrument type Synth
Instrument sounds Keyboards
Supports Inter-App Audio (IAA), Audiobus

A creative bass music synth sequencer for electro melodies or dirty phat & funky acid techno basslines.

New price $5.99
Old price $6.99
Author Rob Wilmot
Type Instrument
Instrument type Synth
Instrument sounds Bass
Supports Inter-App Audio (IAA), Audiobus, Ableton Link

Soft Pads was created for musicians to eliminate any dead space behind your band by providing an ambient background loop that continuously runs in the background.

New version 1.0.5
Old version 1.0.4
Release Notes Fixes bug with side menus
Author Forward Sounds, LLC
Type Instrument
Instrument type Sampler
Instrument sounds Other
Supports Audiobus

Backpack Studio allows you to easily create professional sounding,  studio quality recordings -  from anywhere in the world.

New version 1.2.4
Old version 1.2.3
Release Notes - Bug fixes, performance enhancements, and voiceover improvements - Google drive support for loading pads - Portrait mode for iPad - New "autopause" mode. If you enable autopause in the settings your recording will automatically pause when the mic is off and no sound pads are playing... recording automatically resumes once a pad is played or mic is re-engaged. - Ability to turn of mic monitoring in headphones from the mixer (known in radio as "mix-minus") - Simplified publishing to Libsyn ... just enter username, password, and select a folder! Much more is in store - go to backpackstudioapp.com/vote to vote on our next major feature!
Author Ed Filowat
Type Instrument
Instrument type Sampler
Instrument sounds Other
Supports Inter-App Audio (IAA), Audiobus

The Streetlytron '63 Edition : genuine Mellotronics for your iPhone and iPad.

New price $5.99
Old price $9.99
Author Phil Atkin
Type Instrument
Instrument type Sampler
Instrument sounds All-in-one
Supports Inter-App Audio (IAA), Audiobus

Turn your microphone into 15 different studio microphones.  A portable studio, use your device as a microphone to record or import audio.

New version 1.12
Old version 1.11
Release Notes ▪ Improved UI for iPhone X Models ▪ General Improvements Any features you want us to add? Email us through the side menu!
Author Future Moments
Type Effect
Effect type Other
Supports Inter-App Audio (IAA), Audiobus

Rozeta is a suite of MIDI sequencers and controllers.

New version 1.2.3
Old version 1.2.2
Release Notes Minor fix in Rozeta Scaler.
Author Bram Bos
Type Controller
Supports Audio Unit (AU)

NPD is an intuitive phase distortion synthesiser with a streamlined interface.

New version 1.0.1
Old version 1.0
Release Notes • Fixed a possible crash in GarageBand's Grid View
Author Nikolozi Pty Ltd
Type Instrument
Instrument type Synth
Instrument sounds Keyboards
Supports Audio Unit (AU)

Medly takes a new approach to the way music is made, letting both seasoned and new musicians make epic music. Just pick your instruments, draw notes, record & sing, and drag & drop one of over 700 loops or samples.

New version 5.2.2
Old version 5.2.1
Release Notes Hip Hop Pack: - Hip Hop has finally come to Medly in March's new pack! - Includes 18 instruments and 117 new loops and samples - Exclusive to Medly Member General improvements and style changes
Author Medly Labs Inc.
Type Instrument
Instrument type Sampler
Instrument sounds Other
Supports Inter-App Audio (IAA), Audiobus, Ableton Link

DM1 is an advanced vintage Drum Machine.

New version 6.1.3
Old version 6.1.2
Release Notes DropBox bug fix. Files exported to the iTunes Files Sharing folder are now visible in the Apple Files app. In the next update, we will add the User Kits export. Stay tuned!
Author Fingerlab
Type Instrument
Instrument type Sampler
Instrument sounds Drums, Percussion
Supports Inter-App Audio (IAA), Audiobus

Advanced field recorder combined with a sound warp engine and a collection of ready to use dynamic presets.

New version 2.1
Old version 2.0.2
Release Notes ● Added several new presets with use sequencer. ● Added controls for mic and external input. ● Added midi controls for sample edit. ● Optimization for iPhone Xr, Xs, Max. ● Several improvements of UI. ● Ableton Link SDK 3.0.5 updated. ● Audiobus SDK 3.0.6 updated. ● Built-in description updated. ● Several minor bugs were fixed.
Author Igor Vasiliev
Type Instrument
Instrument type Sampler
Instrument sounds Other
Supports Inter-App Audio (IAA), Audiobus

KB-1 is a an expressive virtual keyboard designed for a multitude of scenarios.

New version 1.2
Old version 1.1
Release Notes - Added per-keyboard preset mangement including some factory presets - Added mapping browser including some factory drum mappings - Mappings can now be imported/exported - Drum layout can now be set to ouput to individual MIDI channels per pad - Root Note & Scale can now be changed from the main screen - Roll/Note Repeat now brings up a dedicated control for setting the repeat rate - Chord layout can now output the bass note to a 2nd MIDI channel (great for transposing sequences) - Fixed an issue where the chord layout would not respect the MIDI channel setting - AUv3: Fixed an issue where the plugin would crash when changing MPE/MIDI Channels - Drum: fixed an issue where changing octaves per row would have no effect on the drum layout - Fixed an issue where "Slide sends Aftertouch" option would not restore properly when loading a preset or session - Fixed an issue where horizontal slide (glide) would not be completly smooth even at max sensitivity - Fixed an issue where the Maj V7 chord was voiced incorrectly - Fixed an issue where selecting mappings for the xy controller was not possible - Fixed an issue where the MIDI output channel for some layouts was off by one when running the AUv3
Author Kai Aras
Type Controller
Supports Inter-App Audio (IAA), Audio Unit (AU)

MicSwap is a Microphone Emulator and Recorder app.

New version 1.12
Old version 1.11
Release Notes ▪ Improved UI for iPhone X Models ▪ General Improvements Any features you want us to add? Email us through the side menu!
Author Future Moments
Type Effect
Effect type Vocal effects, Other
Supports Inter-App Audio (IAA), Audiobus, Audio Unit (AU)

DM1 is an advanced vintage Drum Machine.

New version 6.1.3
Old version 6.1.2
Release Notes DropBox bug fix. Files exported to the iTunes Files Sharing folder are now visible in the Apple Files app. In the next update, we will add the User Kits export. Stay tuned!
Author Fingerlab
Type Instrument
Instrument type Sampler
Instrument sounds Drums, Percussion
Supports Inter-App Audio (IAA), Audiobus

More than a chromatic tuner, tone & chord generator, metronome, and recorder, Tunable is a music practice coach that can help you play steadily, in tune, and on beat anywhere you go.

New version 3.0.7
Old version 3.0.6
Release Notes • The *new* UI confused some people, so we returned to the bottom bar navigation. It should feel more like the Tunable you know and love. • Added a play button to session lists for easy playback • Minor bug fixes and optimizations If you're enjoying Tunable, please rate this version. It really helps! If you need help, reach me at apps@affinityblue.com. I'd love to hear from you.
Author AffinityBlue
Type Tool
Supports Ableton Link